Metahaven / Nomadic Chess : Geography

Nomadic Chess: Geography is a piece created by the dutch studio Metahaven (Daniel Van der Velden et Vinca Kruk) and is produced by the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont. The exhibition Nomadic Chess:Geography takes place in the Chapelle des Jésuites in Chaumont from May, 25 to June, 29.

Nomadic Chess is a real life, mobile chess game consisting of flexible leather tiles which are wearable as garments, and playable as chess pieces. Each field is connected to its adjacent fields with metal rings. When tied together,…

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« Students, all to Chaumont! », exhibition of the 2013 student competition

Bart de Baets (NL), Renee Turner (NL), Tony Brook (UK) and Christophe Gaudard (FR) are the members of the international judging panel of the competition “Students, all to Chaumont!” chaired by Roosje Klap (NL), teacher at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. They selected about 20 works on the theme “the revolution will not be televised”. The subject is rooted in the current events...

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Exhibition of the International Competition 2013

The posters selected for the International Competition 2013 are presented on the ground floor of the Subsistances until 9 June 2013. The exhibition is the outcome of a certain reflection upon graphic design and its mediation led by the fine artist Pierre Leguillon, invited by Frédéric Teschner, chairman of the jury.

The international...

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“Identity”

The exhibition "Identity" takes place at les Subsistances from May 25 to June 9, 2013

At once graphic designers and publishers, the Anglo-American duo Stuart Bailey and David Reinfurt are officiating at the Festival under the name Dexter Sinister. Their exhibition “Identity” will explore the connections between design and editing.

The show retraces the emergence and proliferation...

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Search/Find/Like/Share : perspectives in visual storytelling

Presented at the last Graphic Design Festival of Breda, this exhibition questions our behaviour in a society in which we continually assimilate information through images. Search / Find / Like / Share shows visual stories about a society in transition. In response to recent political, social and economic crises society requires social commitment. By visually unravelling the complex structures of our...

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Wild & Free

The Festival is organizing its (own) OFF, because...

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Program 24th edition

See and download the Festival's program ! Exhibitions,...

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Participating workshops

For its 24th edition, the Festival offers six graphics...

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"L'auto-tamponneuse"

june 1 – 2, Banque de France The public can experiment...

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Yassine - "Vox Pixel Populi"

june 3 – 4 – 5, Arago school This workshop is...

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"Remember 2013"

june 1 – 2, Banque de France Five graphic designers...

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Letter Proef Tuin - "The smallest printing society"

May 27 – june 5, Banque de France Have you ever...

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Killian Loddo and Aude Debout "Waving Bath"

May 27 – june 2, Arago school Killian Loddo and...

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Roch Deniau - "Normotype"

june 1–2, Banque de France Get your own drawing...

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